Police can seize your firearms for a number of reasons

Céline Dostaler

Firearm ownership in Canada is a fragile privilege, as police can seize lawfully registered firearms for a variety of reasons. If officers feel there are reasonable or probable grounds that someone has committed an offence with a firearm, they can ask the court for a seizure warrant. If granted, the police have the right to search your home and take away that weapon and any others they find. To read more, click here.